Strategies To Keep Secret Through Sophie Kinsella’s Novel “Can You Keep A Secret”

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STRATEGIES TO KEEP SECRET THROUGH SOPHIE

KINSELLA’S NOVEL

“CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET”

A PAPER

WRITTEN

BY

MARIATY A SIHOMBING

REG. NO: 102202023

DIPLOMA –III ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM

FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDY

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH SUMATERA

MEDAN


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Drs. Parlindungan Purba, M.Hum.

Submitted to Faculty of Cultural Study, University of North Sumatera

In partial fulfillment of the requirements for DIPLOMA (D-III) in English

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Head of Diploma III English Study Program,

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Accepted by the Board of Examiners in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the D-III Examination of the Diploma III English Study Program, Faculty of Cultural Study, University of North Sumatera.

The examination is held on April 2013

Faculty of Cultural Study, University of North Sumatera Dean,

NIP. 19511013197603 1 001 Dr. Syahron Lubis, M.A.

Board of Examiners Signature 1. Dr. Matius C.A. Sembiring, M.A. (Head of ESP) 2. Drs. Parlindungan Purba. M.Hum. (Supervisor) 3. Drs. Chairul Husni, M.Ed. TESOL. (Reader)


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AUTHOR’S DECLARATION

I, MARIATY ANGELINA SIHOMBING, declare that I am the sole author of this paper. Except where the reference is made in the text of this paper, this paper contains no material published elsewhere or extracted in whole or in part from a paper by which I have qualified for or awarded another degree.

No other person’s work has been used without due acknowledgement in the main text of this paper. This paper has not been submitted for the award of another degree in any tertiary education.

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COPYRIGHT DECLARATION

Name : MARIATY ANGELINA SIHOMBING

Title of Paper : Strategies to keep secret through Sophie Kinsella’s novel :

Can You Keep a Secret Qualification : D-III / Ahli Madya Study Program :English

I am willing that my paper should be available for reproduction at the direction of the Librarian of the Diploma III English Department Faculty of Letters USU on the understanding that users are made aware of their obligation under law of the Republic of Indonesia.

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ABSTRACT

The paper entitled “Strategies to Keep Secret Through Sophie Kinsella’a novel :

Can You Keep a Secret is about Emma Corrigan who like every girl in the world. She has a few little secrets. Can You Keep a Secret is the fifth novel that written by Sophie Kinsella and get best seller. The writer discusses about the strategies to keep secret. The strategies are Trust, Silence, and Cooperation. The writer interested in analyzing this novel, because it’s contain some informantions about keeping a secret that creating trust and supporting each other. The writer uses method of descriptive qualitative which explain the data. And the writer also does library research that uses some literature books. In this paper, after the writer reads and analysis the novel Can You Keep a Secret, the writer made interpretation and a conclusions about it. The writer hopes this paper can entertain and give the knowledge about strategies to keep a secret in literary to the readers.


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ABSTRAK

Kertas karya yang berjudul “Strategies to Keep Secret Through Sophie Kinsella’s novel : Can You Keep a Secret ini membahas tentang Emma Corrigan. Dia memiliki beberapa rahasia kecil. Can You Keep a Secret adalah novel kelima yang ditulis oleh Sophie Kinsella yang meraih penjualan terbaik. Penulis membahas tentang strategi dalam menjaga sebuah rahasia. Strateginya adalah Kepercayaan, Diam, dan Kerja sama. Penulis tertarik menganalis novel ini, karena berisi informasi bagaimana untuk menjaga rahasia yang menciptakan rasa saling percaya dan saling mendukung satu sama lain. Kertas Karya ini menggunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif, yaitu menjelaskan data dan jenis penelitian perpustakaan, yaitu dengan menggunakan buku-buku literatur. Dalam kertas karya ini, setelah penulis membaca dan menganalisis novel Can You Keep a Secret, penulis membuat interpretasi dan kesimpulan tentang hal itu. Penulis berharap kertas karya ini dapat menghibur dan memberikan pengetahuan tentang strategi untuk menjaga rahasia kepada pembaca.


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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

First of all, I would like to thank to my Father, Jesus Christ, for all the blessing and gives me health, strength, and inspiration to finish this paper as one of the requirements to get Diploma III certificate from English Diploma Study Program, University of Sumatera Utara.

• Special thanks go to my amazing parents, M. Sihombing and Biv. M. Silaban, S.Th for supporting, loving, caring, praying, and believing in me. • My beloved siblings, Johansen Martua, S.Pd., Brigadir Jackson Miduk, Ganda James, S.Kep., Briptu Martin Josephin and Samuel Manogar, thanks for your advices. I love you, guys!

• My beloved Sisters in law, Omora Junita Purba, S.Pd., Ronika Sinambela, Tiur Situmorang, S.Pd., Jeanny Simanungkalit, S.Pd,

thanks for your support and joke.

• Thank to Dr. Syahron Lubis, M.A., as the Dean of Faculty of Culture. • Thank to Dr. Matius C.A. Sembiring, MA as the Head of English

Diploma Study Program and also my reader, who gives me advices to finish this paper.

• Thank to Drs. Parlindungan Purba, M.Hum (Papi), as my supervisor, who gives me corrections and advices to finish this paper.

• Thank to Drs. Chairul Husni, M.Ed. TESOL., as my reader, who gives me corrections and advices to finish this paper.

• Thank for all the lecturers in English Diploma Study Program for giving me knowledges.


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• My D’Ro5eX-2 friends: Dini Ayuning Regina Aruri (Iyem), Rohimah Pulungan (Gelek/Ai), Arika Sri Rezeky Purba (Kocik), and Asmita Silitonga (Mama Lauren) thanks for your support, call, jokes and craziness. “BLUE ROSE”

• Companion in Arms : Gratcia Deviana Sinabutar (Miss. Pecal and Late),

Carolina Lumban Gaol (Miss. Jansudin) , Dwi Khairani (Mr. Tarno’s grand-daughter).Thanks for your helps and advices, guys.

• Sisters in law Parody : Christine M Pasaribu (Jupe), Sry Ira Ameliani

(Nenek) thanks for supporting, caring, and helping, Girls. • Thank for all my D-III English 2010 friends.

And finally, I realize that this paper is far from being perfect, I hope that those who read this paper may give critics and suggestions for making it better.

Medan, 2013

The Writer,

Reg. No. 102202023 Mariaty ASihombing


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

AUTHOR’S DECLARATION ………...i

COPYRIGHT DECLARATION ………..ii

ABSTRACT ………....iii

ABSTRAK ……….iv

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ………...………..v

TABLE OF CONTENTS ……….vi

1. INTRODUCTION 1

1.1 Background of the Study …………...…...………...1

1.2 Problem of the study ………...………...……...………..2

1.3 Scope of the Study ………...…...……….2

1.4 Objective of the Study ………...……...……...2

1.5 Significance of the study ………...………...2

1.6 The Method of Study ………...…...3

1.6.1 Chart of Method of Research...4

2. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 5

2.1 Novel ………...…...………...5

2.1.1 Character ...…...……...6

2.1.2 Main Character ...9

2.1.3 Protagonist and Antagonist...9

2.1.4 How is Character disclosed in fiction?...10

2.1.5 Action...10

2.1.6 Description...10

2.1.7 Dramatic statements and thoughts...10

2.1.8 Statements by other characters...11

2.1.9 Statements by the Author...11

2.1.10 Reality and Probability...11

2.1.11 Plot...12

2.1.12 Setting...13

2.1.13 Point of view...13

2.1.14 Theme...14

2.2 Strategy...15

2.2.1 Trust...15

2.2.2 Silence...16

2.2.3 Cooperation...17

2.3 Strategic Planning...18

2.4 Concept Driven Strategy………19

3. THE STRATEGIES 20

3.1 Trust ...20

3.2 Silence...23


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4. CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION 27

4.1 Conclusions ………...………... 27

4.2 Suggestions ………... 27

REFERENCES ………...………...28

APPENDICES ………...………….……...29


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ABSTRACT

The paper entitled “Strategies to Keep Secret Through Sophie Kinsella’a novel :

Can You Keep a Secret is about Emma Corrigan who like every girl in the world. She has a few little secrets. Can You Keep a Secret is the fifth novel that written by Sophie Kinsella and get best seller. The writer discusses about the strategies to keep secret. The strategies are Trust, Silence, and Cooperation. The writer interested in analyzing this novel, because it’s contain some informantions about keeping a secret that creating trust and supporting each other. The writer uses method of descriptive qualitative which explain the data. And the writer also does library research that uses some literature books. In this paper, after the writer reads and analysis the novel Can You Keep a Secret, the writer made interpretation and a conclusions about it. The writer hopes this paper can entertain and give the knowledge about strategies to keep a secret in literary to the readers.


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ABSTRAK

Kertas karya yang berjudul “Strategies to Keep Secret Through Sophie Kinsella’s novel : Can You Keep a Secret ini membahas tentang Emma Corrigan. Dia memiliki beberapa rahasia kecil. Can You Keep a Secret adalah novel kelima yang ditulis oleh Sophie Kinsella yang meraih penjualan terbaik. Penulis membahas tentang strategi dalam menjaga sebuah rahasia. Strateginya adalah Kepercayaan, Diam, dan Kerja sama. Penulis tertarik menganalis novel ini, karena berisi informasi bagaimana untuk menjaga rahasia yang menciptakan rasa saling percaya dan saling mendukung satu sama lain. Kertas Karya ini menggunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif, yaitu menjelaskan data dan jenis penelitian perpustakaan, yaitu dengan menggunakan buku-buku literatur. Dalam kertas karya ini, setelah penulis membaca dan menganalisis novel Can You Keep a Secret, penulis membuat interpretasi dan kesimpulan tentang hal itu. Penulis berharap kertas karya ini dapat menghibur dan memberikan pengetahuan tentang strategi untuk menjaga rahasia kepada pembaca.


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1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the Study

In Literature, there are three large genres of literature, they are poetry, drama, and prose. Prose concludes novel or romances and short story. Novel or romance usually is longer than short story. The writer would like to describe one of those genres of prose that is novel. Novel is human creation which tells about human life, with conflict and the end makes a change of the character with simple description.

Roberts and Jacobs (1995:1) say that Literature is written or oral compositions that tell stories, dramatize situations, express emotions, and analyze and advocate ideas.” With the major genres being prose fiction, poetry, drama, and prose non fiction. Poetry, drama, and prose fiction are imaginative literature.

Wellek and Warren (1989:216) say that novel is a picture of real life and manners among the time in which it is written. Some novels are fiction and some are based in the true story. Novels not only have function to entertaining but also give meaning, message, education and impression to the readers.

Mintzberg (1994) says strategy are a plan, ploy, pattern, position, and perspective; strategy is a process of sensing, analysing, choosing and acting." The strategy formulation has to complement the environment of operation and the available resources.

The writer chooses the Sophie Kinsella’s novel “Can You Keep a Secret” as the resources of the data because the writer is interested in the story. Can You Keep a Secret is a good novel to read because not only contain an education and


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information about how to keep a secret, has so many characters, events that contents conflict, and because each serves different elements and strategies of the novel are solid and support each other.

1.2 Problem of the Study

The problem of the study are : a. How is trust held strongly ?

b. How is silence refered to strategy ? c. How is cooperation well done ?

1.3 Scope of the Study

The writer would like to analyze the plan and the idea (through what they do and say and the descriptions) of the strategies to keep a secret.

1.4 Objective of the Study

In this paper, the objective of this study is to describe the strategies to keep a secret in Sophie Kinsella’s novel, it is Can You Keep a Secret.

1.5 Significance of the Study

The significances of the study are:

a. Theoretically, the significance of this study is the reader will understand about the strategies in a novel as literary work in addition to add study of literature of a novel particularly about strategies.

b. Practically, the study can be used as reference for learning and undertanding about strategies in a novel besides to give contribution to some study of literature to readers through this paper.


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Researcher Read the novel selected the quotations of the novel

1.6 Method of Study

In writing this paper, the writer uses some research methods, such as data collecting method and method of data analysis. In data collecting, the sources of data were taken from books and other sources such as internet and literary criticism. Since this research is focused on documented data, the research is better known as library research. The method of analysis is descriptive in terms of describing the intrinsic elements as portrayed in the novel Can You Keep a Secret.

The writer has two steps in writing this paper. First, she reads the novel

Can You Keep a Secret several times to make her understand about the story. Then, she selects to find out the strategies to keep a secret in Sophie Kinsella’s Novel. The last, she browses data from internet to look for the compliment sources and also to know the biography of the writer, and then she makes interpretation and analyzes before coming to the conclusions about it.

1.6.1 Chart of the Method of Research

To make the readers understand about it, the writer makes a chart of the method of the study. Look at the chart below:

Sources of data 1. Can you keep a secret 2. Some books: literary books 3. Internet

RESULT

The quotations that selected are data

Interpreted Analyzed Conclusion


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2. REVIEW AND RELATED LITERATURE 2.1 Novel

Novel is a story which tells about life. Novels do not, however, present a documentary picture of life. Along side the fact that novels look at people in society, the other major characteristic of the genre is that novels tell a story. In fact, novels tend some few stories time .

Peck and Martin (1984:102) insist that a lot of novels have young people as the main characters, for it is often the young men feel themselves to be most at odds with convectional standards. You will have made considerable progress in understanding the particular novel you are reading if you can see how it sets certain individuals against society or their family.

Novels do not, however make the mistake of believing that the novel is written to put across the point. Some novels are moralities The message of their novels tell about the update reallity in our society. Nowadays the novels not only tell about the young people love relationship but also the moral crisis, education and other social life.But it would be so simple to say that the important thing about their novel messages.

Stanton (1965:2) states that popular novel is more readable and more easily enjoyed because it merely delivers entertainment straight from the action of the story that is told as well as any minor problems.

The source of writing novel can be based on true story and on imagination. Both of them tell about life experience of human being. Writing a novel based on true story is more reliable. It is not only a matter of imagination. True story means


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factual or it happens in real world, but in writing a novel based on true story that should be joined with the imagination.

“Writers have, of course, always been interested in the world around them, but the development of the novel reflects a move away from an essentially religious view of life towards a new interest in the complexities of everyday experience. Most of novels are concerned with ordinary people and their problems in the

societies in which they find themselves.” (Peck and Martin 1984:102) We have activities and experiences that are in our life. The activities and experiences of us can be a source to write a novel, it is easier because our activities and experiences are happened in real world.

2.1.1 Character

Characters are the persons presented in works of narrative (such as a novel, drama, or film) who convey their personal qualities through dialogues and actions by which the reader or audience understand their thoughts, feelings, intentions and motives.

Karl (1976:238) says, “Character is of interest for the personal reason that we want to see how other people live, how they make decision and react to responsibility, how they pursue their goal. We measure ourselves by them. Think of characters in stories and novels as real people, and then your imagination go.” It means characters in novel can affect the reader and can give positive or negative impacts.

The character may win, lose, or tie. He or she may learn and be better for the experience or may miss the point and be unchanged.

E.M. Foster (1927) says, “There are two basic types of characters “round character” and “flat character.”


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Round Character is that they recognize, change with, or adjust to circumtances. The round characters are usually the main figure in a story, profit from experience and undergoes a change or alternation, which may be shown in an action or actions, the realization of new strength and therefore the affirmation of previous decisions, the acceptance of a new condition, or the discovery of unrecognized truths.

The round character usually plays a major role in a story. Round characters are often called the hero or the heroine. Many main characters are anything but heroic, however, and it is therefore preferable to use the more neutral word protagonist. The protagonist is the central of the action, moves against an antagonist, and exhibits the ability to adapt to new circumtances.

Flat characters, in contrast, do not grow. They remain the same because they may be stupid or insensitive or lacking in knowledge or insight. They end where they begin and are static, not dynamic. But the flat characters are not therefore worthless, for they usually highlight the development of the round characters. Sometimes, the flat characters are prominent in certain types of literature, such as cowboy, police, and detective stories, where the focus is less on character than on performance. They must be strong, tough, and lever enough to perform recurring tasks like solving a crime, overcoming a villain, or finding a treasure. The term stock character refers to characetrs in these repeating situations. To the degree that stock characters have many common traits, they are representative of their class, or group. Such characters, with variations in names, ages, and sexes, have been constant in literature since the ancient Greeks. Some


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regular stock characters are the insensitive father, the interfering mother, the sassy younger brother or sister, the greedy politican, the resourceful cowboy or detective, the overbearing or henpecked husband, the submissive or nagging wife, and the angry police captain.

Stock characters stay flat as long as they merely perform their roles and exhibit conventional and unindividual traits. When they posses no attitudes except those of their class, they are label stereotype, because they all seem to be cast from the same mold or printing matrix.

There are static character and dynamic character. Static character never changes. A loud, obnoxious “background” character who remains the same throughout the story is static. A boring character who is never changed by events is also static.

Dynamic character is unlike a static character, a dynamic character does change and grow as the story unfoids. Dynamic characters respond to events and experience a change in attitude or outlook.

2.1.2 Main Character and Peripheral Character

Main character is the character that often appears in almost event, the main character is the important and the special character, so that we feel is so dominates the story.

Perpheral character is the character that appears once or sometimes in a novel, and may be relatively in short portion. It is called peripheral character often provide, support, and illuminated the protagonist.


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2.1.3 Protagonist and Antagonist

Gwynn (2003:11) says, “Every story hinges on the actions undertaken by its main character, or protagonist, a term drawn from crying annancient Greek tragedy (literally “first debater”) that is more useful in discussion of fiction than such misleading term as hero or heroine. Additionally, stories may contain an opposing character, or antagonist, with whom the protagonist is drawn into cinflict.” It means there are two kinds of character, protagonist and antagonist in novel. By the character we would know the situation of the story.

Protagonist is the main character of a literary, theatrical, cinematic, or musical narrative, who ends up in conflict because of the antagonist and with whom the audience is intended to most identify.

Antagonist is a character, group of characters, or institution, that represents the opposition against which the protagonist must contend.

Sometimes, antagonists and protagonists may overlap, depending on what their ultimate objectives are considered to be.

2.1.4 How is Character Disclosed in Fiction?

Authors use five ways to present their characters. The reader must use their own knowledge and experience to make judgement about the qualities of the characters being revealed.

2.1.5 Action

What characters do is the best way to understand what they are. As with ordinary human beings, fictional characters do not necessarily understand how


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they may be changing or why they do the things they do. Nevertheless, their actions express their characters.

Action may also signal qualities such as naivete, weakness, deceit, a scheming personality, strong inner conflicts, or a realization or growth of some sort.

2.1.6 Descriptions, both Personal and Environmental

Appearance and environment reveal much about a character’s social and economic status, of course, but they also tell us more about character traits.

2.1.7 Dramatic Statements and Thoughts

Although the speeches of most characters are funcional-essential to keep the story moving along-they provide material from which the readers can draw conclusions. Often, characters use speech to hide their motives, though readers should see through such a ploy.

2.1.8 Statements by Other Characters

By studying what characters say about each other, you can enchance your understanding of the character being discussed. Ironically, the characters doing the talking often indicate something other than what they intend, perhaps because of prejudice, stupidity, or foolishness.

2.1.9Statements by the Author Speaking as Storyteller or Observer

What the author, speaking with the authorial voice, says about a character is usually accurate, and the authorial voice can be accepted factually. Authors frequently avoid interpretations and devote their skill to arrange events and speeches so that readers may draw their own conclusions.


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2.1.10 Reality and Probability: Verisimilitude

Characters in fiction should be true to life. That is, their actions, statements, and thoughts must all be what human beings are likely to do, say, and think under the conditions presented in the story. The standard is that of

verisimilitude, probability, or plausibility. That is, there may be persons in life who perform tasks or exhibit characteristics that are difficult or seemingly impossible. Such characters in fiction would not be true to life, however, because they do not fit within normal or usual behavior.

One should therefore distinguish between what characters may possibly do and what they most frequently or most usually do. Nevertheless, probability does not rule out surprise or even exaggeration.

2.1.11 Plot

In a well-done story, all the actions and incidents, speeches, thoughts, and observations are linked together to make up an entirety, sometimes called an organic unity. The essence of this unity is the development and resolution of a conflict-orconflicts-in which the protagonist, or central character, is engaged. The pattern in which the protagonist meets and resolves the conflict is called the plot, which has been compared to the story’s map, scheme, or blueprint. The plot is based on the interations of causes and effects as they develop sequentially or chronologically. That is, the story’s actions follow one another in time as the protagonist meets and tries to overcome the forces of opposition.

Often the protagonist’s struggle is directed against another character-an antagonist. Just as often, however, the struggle may occur between the protagonist


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and opposing groups, forces, ideas, and choices-all of which make up a collective antagonist. The conflict may be carried out whatever human beings spend their lives, such as a kitchen, a bedroom, a restaurant, a town square, a farm, an estate, a workshop, or a battlefield. The conflict may also take place internally, within the mind of the protagonist.

a. The beginning of exposition.

The author must present sufficient information about characters and situations for us to care about the outcome of the people involved. This portion introduces relationships among people and people, and people and things. It also locates the story in time and place.

b. Middle or body

The ‘proof’ of the story, the happenings. This involves conflict, and/or complications. This section shows cause and effect, a necessary element for literature. It also contains such aspects as tension, suspense, reversal, foreshadowing, etc.

c. End or conclusion

This must be a satisfying resolution of the events, problems, conflicts, etc. It need not to be a happy ending, but it usually leaves nothing unresolved-unless this is the intent.

2.1.12Setting

The place or location of the action. The setting provides the historical ann cultural context for characters. It often can symbolize the emotional state of characters. Stories actually have two types of setting: Physical and Chronological.


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The Physical setting is of course where the story takes place. Likewise, the chronological setting, the “when” can be equally general or specific.

2.1.13 Point of View

Point of view is the “narrative point of view,” how the story is told more specifically, who tells it. There are two distinctly different types of point of view and each of those two types has two variations.

In the first person point of view, the story is told by a character within the story, a character using the first person pronoun, I.

In the narrator is the main character, the point of view is the first person protagonist. If the narrator is a secondary character, the point of view is first person observer. In the third point of view, the story is not told by a character but by an “invisible author,” using the third person pronoun (he, she, or it) to tell the story. If the third person narrator gives us the thoughts of characters (He wondered where he’d lost his baseball glove), then he is a third person omniscient (all knowing) narrator. In the third person narrator only gives us information which could be recorded, then he is a third person dramatic narrator.

Different points of view can emphasize different things. A first person protagonist narrator would give us access to the thoughts of the main character. If the author does not want us to have that access, he could use the first person observer, for example, or the third person dramatic.

2.1.14Theme

Fiction necessarily embodies issues and ideas. Even stories written for entertainment alone are based in an idea or position. More serious works may


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force characters to make difficult moral choices, in the thought that in a losing situation the only winner is the one who maintains honor and self-respect. Mystery and suspense stories rest on the belief that problems have solutions, even if they may not at first seem apparent. Writers may deal with the triumphs and defeats of life, the admirable and the despicable, the humorous and the pathetic, but whatever their goal, they are always expressing ideas about human experience. In fiction, ideas take the form of an underlying theme or central idea, which helps to tie the work together.

2.2 Strategy

Strategy is a high level conditions of uncertainty. Strategy becomes ever necessary when it is known or suspected there are insufficient resources to achieve these goals. Strategy is also about attaining and maintaining a position of advantage over adversaries through the successive exploitation of known or emergent possibilities rather than committing to any specific fixed plan designed at the outset.

2.2.1 Trust

(Moorman, 1993) says that Trust is the willingness to rely on others in which we have confidence to him. Trust is a mental condition that was based on one's situation and its social context. When one takes a decision, he would prefer a decision based on the choice of the people who believe he is more able than the less trusted.

“Trust comes from believing, that recognize or believe the truth. Beliefs are matters relating to recognition or faith in the truth.” ( Putra 2012 : 1 )


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“Trust occurs when a person is confident in the reliability and integrity of the people who believed.” (Morgan & Hunt, 1994)

( Johnson & Johnson, 1997) say that Trust is an aspect in a relationship and are continually changing. And Johnson (2006) says that Trust is fundamental in establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships.

“Trust to the the pair will rise if the pair can meet the expectations of individuals and earnestly concerned about the pair when the situation allows individuals to ignore them.” ( Levinsin, 1995 )

( Rofiq, 2007:32 ) defines Trust is the truth given to the other party in the transaction to have a conviction that people who believed it had all its obligations as well as expected.

“When consumers trust a company, they would prefer to share re-purchase and personal informations are valuable to the company.” ( Prasaranphanich, 2007:23.1)

“Consumer confidence is all the knowledge possessed by the consumer and the consumer’s conclusions made about the objects, attributes, and its benefits.”

( Mowen, 2002:312 )

2.2.2 Silence

Silence is the lack of

silence can also refer to any absence of

communication, in reference to non verbal communication and spiritual connection. Silence also refers to no sounds uttered by anybody in a room or area. Silence is an important factor in many cultural spectacles, as in rituals.


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“Silence can be a sign of danger. Many social animals produce seemingly haphazard sounds which are known as accompanying the group's everyday business (for example animal species communicate the signal of potential danger by stopping contact calls and freezing, without the use of this in relation with wild horse and cattle suggested that human method that early humans used to avoid silence. According to his suggestion, humans find prolonged silence distressing (suggesting danger to them). This may help explain why lone humans in relative sonic isolation feel a sense of comfort from humming, whistling, talking to themselves, or having the TV/radio on.”

(Joseph Jordania )

"Silence in spirituality is often a metaphor for inner stillness. A silent mind, freed from the onslaught of thoughts and thought patterns, is both a goal and an important step in spiritual development. Such "inner silence" is not about the absence of sound; instead, it is understood to bring one in contact with the divine, the ultimate reality, or one's own true self, one's divinenature.” ( In Spirituality )

2.2.3 Cooperation

Cooperation is the process of working or acting together, willingness to cooperate, to help out or get involved, including others, encouraging, sharing, working together and willing to Have a Go. And just a helpful tip The words 'Co'

and 'Operation' are not two people doing surgery.

Cooperation (sometimes written co-operation or coöperation) is the process of working or acting together. In its simplest form it involves things working in harmony, while in its more complicated forms, it can involve something as complex as the inner workings of a human being or even the social patterns of a nation. It is the opposite of working separately in competition.


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Cooperation can also be accomplished by computers, which can handle shared resources simultaneously, while sharing processor time.

“Cooperation is the process by which the components of a system work together to achieve the global properties. In other words, individual components that appear to be “selfish” and independent work together to create a highly complex, greater-than-the-sum-of-its-parts system.” (Cooperative Systems)

“Cooperation exists not only in humans but in animals as well. This behavior appears, however, to occur mostly between relatives. Spending time and resources assisting a related individual may at first seem destructive to the organism’s chances of survival but is actually beneficial over the long-term. Since relatives share part of their genetic make-up, enhancing each other’s chances of survival may actually increase the likelihood that the helper’s genetic traits will be passed on to future generations.” (Cooperation In Animals)

2.3 Strategic Planning

Strategic planning is an direction, and maki In order to determine the direction of the organization, it is necessary to understand its current position and the possible avenues through which it can pursue a particular course of action. Generally, strategic planning deals with at least one of three key questions: "What do we do?" "For whom do we do it?" "How do we excel?"

A strategic planning is essential for a successful business, and creating a strategic plan that you can actually use is key. Your plan should include certain elements, like mission, values, and vision statements, and avoid common pitfalls,


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like neglecting the specific needs of your organization, so it becomes your road map for success.

“Many people mistake the vision statement for the mission statement, and sometimes one is simply used as a longer term version of the other. However they are distinct; with the vision being a descriptive picture of a desired future state; and the mission being a statement of a rationale, applicable now as well as in the future. The mission is therefore the means of successfully achieving the vision” (Erica Olsen)

2.4 Concept Driven Strategy

A Concept Driven Strategy is a process for formulating strategy that draws on the explanation of how humans inquire provided by linguistic pragmatic philosophy. This argues that thinking starts by selecting (explicitly or implicitly) a set of concepts (frames, patterns, lens, principles etc.) gained from our past experiences.


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3. THE STRATEGIES 3.1 Trust

The Trust of this novel is about the willingness to rely on others in which we have confidence. Trust is a mental condition that was based on one's situation and its social context. Trust comes from believing, that recognize or believe the truth. Beliefs are matters relating to recognition or faith in the truth. Trust occurs when a person is confident in the reliability and integrity of the people who believed. In keeping a secret, Trust is important.

“The important thing is to keep confident and businesslike. I can do this. This is my big chance, and I’m not going to screw it up. The real truth is, this is the first business meeting I’ve attended on my own. I’ve been at the Panther Corporation for eleven months as a marketing assistant, which is the bottom level in our departement. I started off just doing mental tasks like typing letters, getting the sandwiches, and collecting my boss Paul’s dry cleaning.”

( Can You Keep a Secret, 2004 : 3-4 )

When they believe in multi-logistical formative alliances. They are saying in a nasal, droning voice. Emma replies brightly “Absolutely” as though to say “Doesn’t everybody?” but Emma doubt with her statement because actually, she doesn’t know what Multi logistical means. Emma afraid if they ask her but Emma’s friend make sure her if they will not ask Emma about multi logistical means. Emma is sure if she can does at all well. The important thing to face this is to keep confident and businesslike. This is her big chance and she knows if she can pass all problems and she will not go to screw it up.

“Confess the truth: “Actually, these are too small. I’m more of an eight, and by the way, I don’t really weight one hundred eighteen pounds.” Shoehorn myself into them.” ( Can You Keep a Secret, 2004 : 6 )


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Emma means, G-strings are never that comfortable at the best of times, but these are particularly bad. Which could be because they’re two sizes too small.Which could possibly be because when Connor buy them for Emma, Connor tells her about the lingerie assistant Emma weighs 118 pounds. Whereupon she tells him if Emma must be size 4. Size 4!

“My confidence growing, I start to stride around the room, gesturing with the can. “By buying a Panther health drink, the consumers is signaling that he will settle for nothing but the best.” I hit the can sharply with mu other hand. “He expects the best from his energy drink, he expects the best from his period, he expects the best from himself.” ( Can You Keep a Secret, 2004 : 9 )

When consumers trust a company, they would prefer to share re-purchase and personal informations are valuable to the company.Consumer confidence is all the knowledge possessed by the consumer and the consumer’s conclusions made about the objects, attributes, and its benefits.

Emma thinks if Panther drinks are a marketing phenomenon. The Panther character is one of the most widely recognized in the world, while the classic slogan ‘Don’t Pause’ has made it into dictionaries. They are offering Glen oil an exclusive opportunity to strengthen its association with the premium. World-famous brand.”

“Lissy is not only my oldest friend but my flatmate too. She has tufty dark hair and an IQ of about 600 and is the sweetest person I know.”( Can You Keep a Secret, 2004 : 12 )

Lissy is Emma’s friend who always gives more attention her. Emma always commends Lissy because Emma thinks Lissy is sweetest person she


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knows. Lissy has tufty dark hair and IQ of about 600. Lissy always tries to say something positive about herself even though it is not. Lissy is Emma’s flatmate.

“He’s such a sweetheart!” Lissy is saying. “He said he’s tied up in a big meeting all afternoon, but he’s canceled his squash game especially, so do you want to go out to supper tonight?” ( Can You Keep a Secret, 2004 : 13 )

When Connor is ranging to see how Emma got on. Connor is really sweet. He says he doesn’t want to ring Emma’s mobile during her meeting, in case it disturbed her. Lissy confess that quickly. Emma feels a lift in spirits for the first time. She says if Connor is a thoughtful boyfriend.

“I’ve never done anything to make my parents proud of me.” The words come spilling out of my mouthbefore I can stop them, “Never” I am sure that’s not true,” says the man kindly. “it’s true. Maybe they used to be proud of me.” ( Can You Keep a Secret, 2004 : 25 )

When Emma currently hitting some clear-air turbulence, she meet a man at the time. Because Emma afraid She doesn’t know if she is telling her secret with man. She tells if she never do anything to make her parents proud of her, but the man is making sure her if Emma’s parents maybe used to be proud of her.

3.2 Silence

The Silence of this novel is not about the absence of sound; instead, it is understood to bring one in contact with the divine, the ultimate reality, or one's own true self, one's divine nature. Silence is also used as total communication, in reference to non verbal communication and spiritual connection. Silence also refers to no sounds uttered by anybody in a room or area. Silence is an important factor in many cultural spectacles, as in rituals.


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“I’m not frightened. I’m just..I’m just..

OK..I’m frightened. It’s not like I can’t get on a plane. It’s just all things being equal. I would prefer to be on the ground.”

( Can You Keep a Secret, 2004 : 14 )

When Emma put her phone away, run her fingers through her hair, and galance at the clock behind the bar. Forty minutes before the flight. Not long to go now. Nerveous are starting to creep over herself like little insects, and Emma takes a deep gulp of vodka, draining her glass. It will be fine, She tells herself for the zillionth time. It will be absolutely fine. She never tells anyone if She scares of flying. It just sounds so lame and She means, it’s not like she’s phobic or anything.

“On the way up here this morning, I was so excited about the meeting, it was almost a distraction from my fear. But even so, I kept feeling bursts of panic. I kept having to close my eyes and take deep breaths. And ever since landed, it’s been ticking away at the back of my mind: I have to fly back again. I have to get on a plane again.” ( Can You Keep a Secret, 2004 : 15 )

By the time the flight is calling, Emma thinks to drink so many vodka before she flies. Emma has drunk more than 2 glasses of vodka and feels much more positive. She keeps having to close her eyes and take deep breaths. She never used to be scared. But over the last few years, She has gradually got more and more nerveous. She knows it is completely irrational. She knows thousands of people fly every day and it is practically safer than lying in bed. She says, You’ve less chance of being in a plane crash than finding a man in London, or something.

“Which is fine, because to be honest I’m not much in the mood for talking either.” ( Can You Keep a Secret, 2004 : 17 )


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In the business class of flight, Emma gets a comfortable seats and footrests, and everything. That is going to be a completely pleasureable experience from start to finish. She reaches for her seat belt and buckle it up nonchalantly, trying to ignore the flutters of apprehension in her stomach. Her friend the air hostess, beaming down at her and give some champagne. Emma says, Thanks ! That would be great. At the time, there is a man in the seat next to Emma who has not even looked up yet. He is wearing jeans and an old sweatshirt and is staring out of the window. As he turns to answer, Emma catchs a glimpse of dark eyes, stubble, a deep frown etched on his forehead. He says, “Just a brandy. Thanks.” His voice is dry and has an American accent. But She knows it will be fine for her to be honest and not much in the mood for talking either.

“I can’t do this on my own. I have an overpowering need to talk to someone.Someone reassuring. Someone safe. Connor.” ( Can You Keep a Secret. 2004 : 22 )

The plane is bumping. Emma gets a scared. An avalance of fear hits her with no warning.Emma says, it’s madness. She is sitting in the bag, heavy box with no way of escape, thousands and thousands of feet above the ground. Emma wants to out her mobile phone, but immediately the air hostess swoops down on her. She truly needs connor at the time because she thinks she can not does anything on her own.

3.3 Cooperation

The Cooperation of this novel is about the process of working or acting together, willingness to cooperate, to help out or get involved, including others,


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encouraging, sharing, working together and willing to Have a Go. In its simplest form it involves things working in harmony, while in its more complicated forms, it can involve something as complex as the inner workings of a human being or even the social patterns of a nation. It is the opposite of working separately in competition. Cooperation can also be accomplished by computers, which can handle shared resources simultaneously, while sharing processor time.

“Sweet girl Katie, who works in Personnel. We have this secret code where she comes in and says,’Can I go through some numbers with you, Emma?’ and we go and get a coffee and have a gossip. Coffee at work is the most disgusting stuff you you’ve ever drunk, absolute poison. So we usually nip out to Starbucks.” ( Can You Keep a Secret, 2004 : 26 )

Emma has a friend at office who works in Personnel. She is a sweet girl Katie. They like to drink coffee at Starbucks because They think a coffee at work is the most disgusting ever. SO, Emma and her friend have a code for their secret about. By the code, They can going out from the office and go to starbucks without anyone knows about them.

The first secret to true love is cooperation each other and knowing when we have found the love of our life, our other half, the one who is more important for us than even ourself, the one our entire being tells us is the one for us. That may happen one day when we look across a room and meet the eyes of her or him, our eyes lock and our heart jumps, and the eyes we are looking into tell us that the same is happening on the other side of that gaze.

“Connor, what about your big meeting?” I say, suddenly recalling. “I cancelled it.” You canceled it?” I stare at him. “ For me?” I feel really wobbly now. My legs are barely


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holding me up. I don’t know if it’s the aftermath of the plane journey, or love.” ( Can You Keep a Secret, 2004 : 32 )

All at once, some of things Emma says slide into her head when on the plane. Something about she never having been properly in love. Something about Connor’s not understanding her properly. When Emma is asking Connor about his meeting, Emma feel really wobbly because Connor cancels his meeting because of herself. The legs of Emma are barely holding her up. She does not know if it is the aftermath of the plane journey, or love. It’s love. It has to be love. She has love to move in with Connor. She whispers and, to her utter astonishment, burst into tears.


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4. CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION

4.1 Conclusions

After analyzing the strategies to keep a secret of Can You Keep a Secret , conclusions could be drawn as follows:

a. Trust is an important thing to keep a secret because trust comes from believing the truth.

b. In the second way, the part of strategies to keep a secret is silence because silence is gold in the specific situation.

c. Cooperation is about the process of working together for integrity and equality.

4.2 Suggestions

a. The reader should understand about the theme and sub theme before analyzing the novel.

b. The writer hopes that this paper will make the reader can understand more about strategies to keep a secret and the reader is interested in reading this novel.


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Kinsella, Sophie. 2004. Can You Keep a Secret. New York: Bantam Dell.

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Rees, R.J. 1973. English Literarure. Hongkong: The Macmillan Press Limited.

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Accomplishments, and Proposals. New York: Howard Rheingold's project w

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APPENDICES Biography of Sophie Kinsella

Madeleine Sophie Wickham (born Madeleine Sophie Townley;12 December 1969) her work under the pen name Sophie Kinsella. Madeleine Wickham was born in London. She did her schooling i year switched to Politics, Philosophy and Economics

Pensions World) before turning t

While working as a financial journalist, at the age of 24, she wrote her first novel. The Tennis Party was immediately hailed as a success by critics and the public alike and became a top ten bestseller. She went on to publish six more novels as Madeleine Wickham: A Desirable Residence, Swimming Pool Sunday,

The Gatecrasher, The Wedding Girl, Cocktails for Three and Sleeping Arrangements.

Her first novel under the pseudonym Sophie Kinsella (taken from her middle name and her mother's maiden name ) was submitted to her existing publishers anonymously and was enthusiastically received. She revealed her real identity for the first time when Can You Keep a Secret? was published in December 2005. Sophie Kinsella is best known for writing the series of series focuses on her obsession with her life. The first two Shopaholic books were adapted into a


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February 2009, wit Luke Brandon. Twenties Girl, which was released in the UK in July 2009 was also published under the name Sophie Kinsella. The latest addition to the Shopaholic

serie

Wickham lives i met in Oxford), the headmaster of a boys' preparatory school. They have been married for 17 years and have four sons and a daughter, Freddy (b.1997), Hugo (b.1999), Oscar (b.2006), Rex William (b. April 15th, 2010) and Sybella (b. December 22, 2011). She is the sister of fellow writer, Gemma Townley.

Sophie Kinsellaraced into the UK bestseller lists in September 2000 with her first novel in the Shopaholic series -(also published as Confessions of a Shopaholic). The book’s heroine, Becky Bloomwood – a fun and feisty financial journalist who loves shopping but is hopeless with money – captured the hearts of readers worldwide and she has since featured in five further adventures i Shopaholic Takes Manhattan) a the hit Disney movie

Sophie Kinsella is a pseudonym that Madeleine Wickham started using once she published Confessions of a Shopaholic. Although Wickham had previously published seven other books under her real name, her Kinsella books were much more popular, so she has stuck with the pseudonym. All of her books


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fall into the genre "chick lit" -- light, humorous books about modern women and their misadventures in life and love.

Kinsella made several trips to Manhattan to research her second and third Shopaholic books. Before writing Shopaholic Ties the Knot she actually took off her wedding ring and pretended she was planning her wedding so she could try on Vera Wang wedding dresses. Kinsella loves Cadbury's Giant Chocolate Buttons.


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SUMMARY

A young woman, named Emma Corrigan, who lived in London, and was struggling for her career at the moment. She was trying hard to get a promotion and was actually desperate to get one. But that’s not the only problem. She was involved in a perfect relationship with a guy named Connor. Like that’s not enough, she also detest her family–Kerry, her cousin, to be precise. Not that she hated them, really, but apparently, she didn’t feel very much appreciated by any of her family member.

Her situation worsened as she blabbed all her secrets to a stranger sitting next to her on a plane since she thought she was about to die when the plane entered some turbulence. It turned out her relationship with her boyfriend was not as perfect as everyone thought it was. Connor never really understood her, and that she was never herself when she was with Connor. In fact, Connor actually bores her.

Emma is sitting on a turbulent plane. She's always beennervous flyer. She really thinks that this could be her last moment. So, naturally enough, she starts telling the man sitting next to her - quite a dishy American, but she's too frightened to notice -all her innermost secrets. How she scans the backs of intellectual books and pretends she's read them. How she does her hair up like Princess Leia in her bedroom. How she's not sure if she has a G-spot, and whether her boyfriend could find it anyway. How she feels like a fraud at work - everyone uses the word 'operational' all the time but she hasn't a clue what it


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means. How the coffee at work is horrible. How she once threw a troublesome client file in the bin. If ever there was a bare soul, it's hers.

She survives the flight, of course, and the next morning the famous founding boss of the whole mega corporation she works for is coming for a look at the UK branch. As he walks around, Emma looks up and realises.

She told this stranger that she had this secret code that she always use to get out of the office and get a coffee break at Starbucks with her co-worker, Katie. All of this was because she thought the coffee in the office tasted like poison. And that she sometimes gave orange juice to a plant belong to her co-worker, Artemis, whenever she irked her.

And all other embarrassing stuffs about her. All her deepest secrets. Just because a little turbulence on the plane and she thought she’d die soon.

She regretted it soon–very soon, actually–once she found out that this stranger is a genius and creative Jack Harper, who also happened to be the co-founder of the company she was currently working at. Put it in a different way, the stranger was her boss. Or her boss’ boss. And just when she thought she could make up for the flaws she had shown to her boss, even before she knew him, all the embarrasing stuffs didn’t seem to go away. Right in front of Jack Harper’s nose, her co-worker Katie used their secret code to get away from the office and get a coffee at Starbucks. Then her boyfriend appeared to be a huge fan of this Jack Harper, and then confronted him in order to impressed him. Right in front of Emma, who just spilled the secret that she thought her boy friend looked like


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Barbie’s Ken. And that she was never herself when she was with her boyfriend. Humiliated, embarrased, ashamed, put them into one.

There are some hilarious moments, especially when Emma realizes that the guy she told all her secrets too is actually the CEO of the company she works for. And he's so funny about it! Jack doesn't say straight out that he knows Emma, but he remembers everything she said on the plane and makes a point to subtly let her know that he remembers. I felt both embarrassed for Emma and was laughing so hard from the situation that I got crazy looks from people around me. (Whatever, it was great!)

She doesn't know a lot about the business she works in, tries too hard, and has quite a few anxiety issues. But she's fun, loving, and puts all her effort and heart into the things she undertakes, which makes her completely loveable. The same holds true for all her characters -- they have their flaws, and they have their good points. Sometimes it evens out, sometimes it doesn't. I felt like I was reading about real people, which was nice. There were a few times where I had some "yeah, right, like that would happen" moments, but nothing big enough to really detract from my enjoyment. Besides, I took this book as something fun and not too serious, and really loved approaching it that way.

The main character, Emma Corrigan, is your normal 25-years old and somewhat-insecure woman. She is trying to get a promotion at work, has a fantastic boyfriend, and is very happy with life, or so she thinks. On an extremely turbulent flight back from a business trip from Glasgow, Emma's secrets


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unwillingly spill out to a total stranger next to her. She ends up telling this handsome American stranger nearly every secret she has, and then some. When the plane lands, she is embarrassed but figures she'll never see him again.

When this American stranger ends up being the owner at her job, Emma is mortified and determined to act like nothing happened. But Jack, the American stranger, has other ideas. Emma seems to have touched him in some way. And Emma, who thought she was totally happy with her perfect boyfriend, starts to wonder.


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February 2009, wit Luke Brandon. Twenties Girl, which was released in the UK in July 2009 was also published under the name Sophie Kinsella. The latest addition to the Shopaholic

serie

Wickham lives i met in Oxford), the headmaster of a boys' preparatory school. They have been married for 17 years and have four sons and a daughter, Freddy (b.1997), Hugo (b.1999), Oscar (b.2006), Rex William (b. April 15th, 2010) and Sybella (b. December 22, 2011). She is the sister of fellow writer, Gemma Townley.

Sophie Kinsella raced into the UK bestseller lists in September 2000 with her first novel in the Shopaholic series -(also published as Confessions of a Shopaholic). The book’s heroine, Becky Bloomwood – a fun and feisty financial journalist who loves shopping but is hopeless with money – captured the hearts of readers worldwide and she has since featured in five further adventures i Shopaholic Takes Manhattan) a the hit Disney movie

Sophie Kinsella is a pseudonym that Madeleine Wickham started using once she published Confessions of a Shopaholic. Although Wickham had previously published seven other books under her real name, her Kinsella books were much more popular, so she has stuck with the pseudonym. All of her books


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fall into the genre "chick lit" -- light, humorous books about modern women and their misadventures in life and love.

Kinsella made several trips to Manhattan to research her second and third Shopaholic books. Before writing Shopaholic Ties the Knot she actually took off her wedding ring and pretended she was planning her wedding so she could try on Vera Wang wedding dresses. Kinsella loves Cadbury's Giant Chocolate Buttons.


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SUMMARY

A young woman, named Emma Corrigan, who lived in London, and was struggling for her career at the moment. She was trying hard to get a promotion and was actually desperate to get one. But that’s not the only problem. She was involved in a perfect relationship with a guy named Connor. Like that’s not enough, she also detest her family–Kerry, her cousin, to be precise. Not that she hated them, really, but apparently, she didn’t feel very much appreciated by any of her family member.

Her situation worsened as she blabbed all her secrets to a stranger sitting next to her on a plane since she thought she was about to die when the plane entered some turbulence. It turned out her relationship with her boyfriend was not as perfect as everyone thought it was. Connor never really understood her, and that she was never herself when she was with Connor. In fact, Connor actually bores her.

Emma is sitting on a turbulent plane. She's always beennervous flyer. She really thinks that this could be her last moment. So, naturally enough, she starts telling the man sitting next to her - quite a dishy American, but she's too frightened to notice -all her innermost secrets. How she scans the backs of intellectual books and pretends she's read them. How she does her hair up like Princess Leia in her bedroom. How she's not sure if she has a G-spot, and whether her boyfriend could find it anyway. How she feels like a fraud at work - everyone uses the word 'operational' all the time but she hasn't a clue what it


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means. How the coffee at work is horrible. How she once threw a troublesome client file in the bin. If ever there was a bare soul, it's hers.

She survives the flight, of course, and the next morning the famous founding boss of the whole mega corporation she works for is coming for a look at the UK branch. As he walks around, Emma looks up and realises.

She told this stranger that she had this secret code that she always use to get out of the office and get a coffee break at Starbucks with her co-worker, Katie. All of this was because she thought the coffee in the office tasted like poison. And that she sometimes gave orange juice to a plant belong to her co-worker, Artemis, whenever she irked her.

And all other embarrassing stuffs about her. All her deepest secrets. Just because a little turbulence on the plane and she thought she’d die soon.

She regretted it soon–very soon, actually–once she found out that this stranger is a genius and creative Jack Harper, who also happened to be the co-founder of the company she was currently working at. Put it in a different way, the stranger was her boss. Or her boss’ boss. And just when she thought she could make up for the flaws she had shown to her boss, even before she knew him, all the embarrasing stuffs didn’t seem to go away. Right in front of Jack Harper’s nose, her co-worker Katie used their secret code to get away from the office and get a coffee at Starbucks. Then her boyfriend appeared to be a huge fan of this Jack Harper, and then confronted him in order to impressed him. Right in front of Emma, who just spilled the secret that she thought her boy friend looked like


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Barbie’s Ken. And that she was never herself when she was with her boyfriend. Humiliated, embarrased, ashamed, put them into one.

There are some hilarious moments, especially when Emma realizes that the guy she told all her secrets too is actually the CEO of the company she works for. And he's so funny about it! Jack doesn't say straight out that he knows Emma, but he remembers everything she said on the plane and makes a point to subtly let her know that he remembers. I felt both embarrassed for Emma and was laughing so hard from the situation that I got crazy looks from people around me. (Whatever, it was great!)

She doesn't know a lot about the business she works in, tries too hard, and has quite a few anxiety issues. But she's fun, loving, and puts all her effort and heart into the things she undertakes, which makes her completely loveable. The same holds true for all her characters -- they have their flaws, and they have their good points. Sometimes it evens out, sometimes it doesn't. I felt like I was reading about real people, which was nice. There were a few times where I had some "yeah, right, like that would happen" moments, but nothing big enough to really detract from my enjoyment. Besides, I took this book as something fun and not too serious, and really loved approaching it that way.

The main character, Emma Corrigan, is your normal 25-years old and somewhat-insecure woman. She is trying to get a promotion at work, has a fantastic boyfriend, and is very happy with life, or so she thinks. On an extremely turbulent flight back from a business trip from Glasgow, Emma's secrets


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unwillingly spill out to a total stranger next to her. She ends up telling this handsome American stranger nearly every secret she has, and then some. When the plane lands, she is embarrassed but figures she'll never see him again.

When this American stranger ends up being the owner at her job, Emma is mortified and determined to act like nothing happened. But Jack, the American stranger, has other ideas. Emma seems to have touched him in some way. And Emma, who thought she was totally happy with her perfect boyfriend, starts to wonder.